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Thread: Help...Suggestions on Final Leg of Crimson TIE Mission
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Buzz1096
Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:35 pm
#1
Ok, I'm 3/3/3/2 Imp pilot right now, and I can't even use the Crimson TIE yet. But I wanted to see if my thoughts were correct for finishing this.
I did everything up to the last part (where you have to attack the Corellian Corvette) solo in my Interceptor. No problems really there. I tried last part solo anyway (yeah stupid, I know) and managed to pull the escorts away and knock them all out.
Then....1 pass on that thing and my ship was toast. Obviously can't do it solo and can't do it in a TIE Interceptor.
So here's my plan, and since I cant find where anyone's written a guide to it, I'd like some opinions from people who have done it.
I planto fly a fully loaded TIE bomber with 2 or 3 buddies in their TIEs to help take down the fighters. I'll launch every missle I have at the rear end of the thing before starting the attack. Here's what I need to know:
1) How long do I have till the escorts respawn, if at all?
2) Is1 bomber enough to dent the shields enough to take it down? And, what kind of missles should I pack?
3) Am I going about this in completely the wrong way, is there a strategy to do this that I'm missing?
Thanks for any advice from those who have gone before...
Message Edited by Buzz1096 on 07-04-2005 01:37 PM
idolatry
Mon Jul 04, 2005 2:39 pm
#2
Read the FAQ at the top of the forum. Guides on how to do the last master mission, which is a corvette, all apply to this mission.
You have to take out subcomponents one at a time until the engine is exposed, otherwise you're just annoying it.
Darth-Malus
Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:08 am
#3
Disabling the Corvette is actually the EASY part... compared to dealing with the waves of fighters and gunboats that follow.
Here is the trick... approach the corvette from the back (yes, this is easier for the Neutral mission because the vette is non-aggro until you fire). Park yourself right up against thestarboard engine on the middle row, like this (you're the X):
O O O O
O O O x
O O O O
Match speed with the vette (/follow helps too) and target the shield generator. Launch a missile (MkIV Protons will do it in a single shot, MkIIIs will take two). Then move over to the port side and repeat (or fall back a little and rotaate until you get a lock).
Once the shields are down, fade back just far enough to target the engines (hitbox is lowest starboard nozzle) and destroy it with your guns and/or missiles. You don't even need to worry about the guns (though you may take some heavy fire on the way in.
There's a guide about this mission somewhere around here, I've been looking for it all day.
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